Brian Kelley

Brian Kelley is an author, columnist, and Microsoft SQL Server MVP focusing primarily on SQL Server security. He is a contributing author for How to Cheat at Securing SQL Server 2005 (Syngress), Professional SQL Server 2008 Administration (Wrox), and Introduction to SQL Server (Texas Publishing). Brian currently serves as an infrastructure and security architect. He has also served as a senior Microsoft SQL Server DBA, database architect, developer, and incident response team lead.

Interests: Chess, Reading, Soccer (Football), Baseball, Animals, Theology

Are Your Protecting Your DB Backups?

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Folks have cited the recent InformationWeek article on how South Carolina's Department of Revenue was hacked because the SC state government...

2012-11-27

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Server Level Security

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

We'll discuss surface area later in the week. Today let's talk about if you're able to connect to SQL Server....

2012-11-09 (first published: 2012-11-06)

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SQL Server Security: The Sum of Its Parts

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

When it comes to attacking SQL Server, whether we're talking about the security of an installation or as a piece...

2012-11-05

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Preparing for Certification

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

One of my goals back when I was a young MCSE (that's Microsoft Certified System Engineer for NT4, not the...

2012-10-22

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Microsoft Security Bulletin MS12-070 for SSRS

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Today is black Tuesday for October 2012. One security bulletin is specifically for a component of the SQL Server stack:...

2012-10-15 (first published: 2012-10-09)

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MS12-070 - Should I patch more than Reporting Services?

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

If you're dealing with a version of SQL Server greater than SQL Server 2000, at this point I'm going to...

2012-10-11

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Slides and Scripts from Idera Auditing SQL Server presentation

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I had a few folks ask me for the slides and SQL scripts from the Auditing SQL Server webinar I...

2012-10-10

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Kathi Kellenberger speaking at Midlands PASS

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

On October 17th, Midlands PASS will welcome Kathi Kellenberger to speak on T-SQL 2012. Here's what her talk will be...

2012-10-05

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Webcast on SQL Server Auditing on October 9th

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Idera will be re-broadcasting that I recorded earlier in the year on meeting audits with SQL Server. It's scheduled for...

2012-10-04

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Participate in the PASS Election Process

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Once again it is time for the Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) Board of Directors election. This year there...

2012-09-26

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Blogs

Experimenting with CHOOSE: #SQLNewBlogger

I was looking over the CHOOSE() function while editing an article at SQL Server...

Fighting Procrastination?

By Brian Kelley

Here is another short video (~ 15 minutes). This is by the author of...

A Fun Prize at the PASS Data Community Summit

I had a briefing for the 2026 PASS Data Community Summit, which is just...

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SQL Server 2025 Server-level Roles

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